Hong Kong racing continues at Sha Tin on Saturday (15 April) for a 10-race fixture.
In-form four-year-old GOLDEN EXPRESS is poised to score two wins on end when he returns to Sha Tin in the Class 3 1200m Handicap (race 4).
GOLDEN EXPRESS has hit the ground running in Hong Kong after winning one from one in a Three-Year-Old race at Doomben, Australia under the name Gulf Of Venice.
Finishing a close-up second place to fellow thriving four-year-old Victor The Winner on his local debut in late November, GOLDEN EXPRESS went on to check home one-length into third behind Super Sunny Sing when adopting a change of tactics and leading, which he did well but too fast.
Third-up, the John Size trainee was ridden too quiet from barrier 10 but still ran a big race late into fifth and beaten just 0.75 lengths, which set the stage for him to shed his local maiden tag in fine style fourth-up last time.
Winning convincingly by 1.75 lengths, GOLDEN EXPRESS is capable of a repeat performance this week as he meets mostly moderate opposition and still clearly has upside to come.
Elsewhere, consistent four-year-old GOLDEN BULL looks on track to shed his maiden tag in the Class 4 1400m Handicap (race 7).
At start number seven on Saturday, GOLDEN BULL vies to put a host of second placings behind him – four in fact – and post an overdue win. The Danny Shum-trained, Zac Purton-ridden gelding is second-up into the race, 27 days between runs after an encouraging first-up effort when he was held up from the 400m until passing the 300m and did his best work late into the runner-up spot.
Importantly, blinkers are applied to GOLDEN BULL for the first time this week, which could be the winning factor as seen on Wednesday night at Happy Valley when Shum’s four-start maiden EIGHTEEN PALMS won impressively with the gear change
